MAY 29, 2019
The ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Series establishes its first race in the USA
To launch our 15th season of Swimrun we are very proud and honored to be able to present ÖTILLÖ Catalina. Our first race in America in a very special location to be held on February 28th/ March 1st, 2020.
Santa Catalina Island is a unique place just 40 km off the coast of Los Angeles in southern California. Catalina Island is a conservancy-protected, geologic and environmental phenomenon.
There are two port towns on Catalina Island, Two Harbors with a population of 100, and, 25 km southeast, the Mediterranean-style seaside village of Avalon. There aren’t even stoplights in this 2-sqm town where the 3,000 year-round local residents, much like Isles of Scilly, depend on electric golf carts to get around, or walk. Everything is close in Avalon, and there’s accommodation (Boutique hotels to AirBnB) and dining for every taste and budget.
Two Harbors is where all of ÖTILLÖ Swimrun race courses will start and finish but race participants, families and spectators will all stay in Avalon during the race weekend. There will be all-day, round-trip boat transportation between the two port towns.
The easiest way to get there from Europe, fly into Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Take ground transportation to the closest ferry terminal, St Pedro, which goes to Avalon.
This race will be very special. It is a dream come true to finally be able to establish an ÖTILLÖ race in America. It is the right timing to be able to support the growth of Swimrun in the US. All because of a drunken bet! – Michael Lemmel, Race Director ÖTILLÖ & co-founder of Swimrun.
Read the whole story about ÖTILLÖ and swimrun here.
The race weekend
Racers in all three distances—Experience (7.7 km), Sprint (15 km) and World Series (38.3 km), which start and finish at the port town of Two Harbors—will get a glimpse of spectacular coastal chaparral and crystal-clear waters home to plant and wildlife species found nowhere else on earth.
The average island air temperature between January and April is around 16°C, and the water is 12 – 14°C.
Registration for the races will open in early July 2019.
Press images and press contacts
Please credit: Kurt Hoy/ÖTILLÖ
FOR ÖTILLÖ SWIMRUN WORLD SERIES:
Michael Lemmel +46 735 259702 michael@otilloswimrun.com
FOR ÖTILLÖ, THE SWIMRUN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:
Josefine Ås +33 679 042346 pr@otilloswimrun.com
